Racing News: October 16 Morning Report

Wilson Kipsang Covets NYC Marathon Course RecordHe was the world record holder for a year and has the London Marathon course record, Now Kipsang wants to break Geoffrey Mutai’s New York City record of 2:05:06, which would involve, among other things, defeating two-time defending champ Mutai. Kipsang tells SuperSport that he’ll work together with Mutai, one of his training partners, to set the record if conditions are favorable. More

Eugene Marathon Moves to May in 2015The Oregon marathon was on July 27 last year, the final day of the World Junior Championships of track and field at Hayward Field in Eugene. But the notion of enhancing the sport’s profile by coupling the two events didn’t prove a boost to the Eugene Marathon, which had only a bit more than half as many finishers as the previous edition on April 28, 2013. Heading back to the springtime, the race will be on May 10 in 2015. More

Elvan Abeylegesse Plans Two Marathons in Next Three MonthsTurkey’s silver medalist in the 5000 and 10,000 at the 2008 Olympics was just fifth in the European Championships marathon in Zurich this summer. But she’s planning to master the distance by running in November at the Istanbul Marathon, where she was a runner-up in 2013, and in January at the Dubai Marathon. More

Linet Masai Is Ready for Half Marathon DebutThe 2009 World Championships 10,000-meter gold medalist and three-time World Cross Country runner-up moves up in distance at Sunday’s Great Birmingham Run in England. Her 53:09 victory in a Dutch 10-miler last month should give her confidence in Birmingham against Christelle Daunay of France, the 2014 European Championships marathon gold medalist, and Portugal’s Ana Dulce Felix and Italy’s Anna Incerti. More

Haile Gebrselassie Will Race for First Time in Southeast AsiaThe well-traveled 41-year-old will be in Singapore to run a 10K held in conjunction with the city’s marathon on December 7. The Ethiopian, whose 26:22.75 is a former world track record for 10,000 meters, will also conduct several training clinics in Singapore, as Channel NewsAsia reports. More

Runner Breaks Leg in Three Places, Finishes RaceNorth Carolina high school runner Connor Callihan had complained of soreness in his right leg before a cross country race on Monday. In the race, his tibia snapped in three places, but he finished, crawling the final few meters. More

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